• January 26, 2023
  • Tallinn and Zoom
Conference on AI & Human Rights

Conference on AI & Human Rights

by Estonian Human Rights Centre

The conference will take place in hybrid format. The conference can be attended online. A Worksup link will be sent to confirmed participants via email. All the times are presented in EET. The attendance of the conference is free of charge.

26 January 2023

Gathering & registration

10.00 am – 10.15 am Registration & Morning Coffee

Please be ready in Zoom at least 10 minutes before the beginning of the conference.

10.15 am – 10.35 am Opening session

  • Anett Numa, moderator
  • Dr Katrin Nyman-Metcalf, Adjunct Professor of Communications Law, Tallinn University of Technology, chairperson of the board of the Estonian Human Rights Centre (Estonia)

10.35 am – 10.55 am Keynote speech

Jan Kleijssen, Director of the Information Society and Action against Crime Directorate, Council of Europe (Netherlands)

10.55 am – 11.10 am Coffee Break

11.10 am – 11.40 am Fireside chat and Q&A

  • Jaan Tallinn, Founding Engineer (Skype & Kazaa), Co-founder (Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk & Future of Life Institute) (Estonia)
  • Dr Paloma Krõõt Tupay, Lecturer of Constitutional Law at University of Tartu, chairperson of the board of the Estonian Human Rights Centre (Estonia)

11.40 am – 12.05 pm Keynote speech

Oyidiya Oji, Advocacy and Policy Advisor on Digital Rights, European Network Against Racism (Belgium)

12.05 pm – 12.30 pm Keynote speech

Dr David Reichel, Project Manager in the Data and Digital Sector, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (Austria)

12.30 pm – 13.10 pm Refreshments and networking

13.10 pm – 14.40 pm Panel discussion with Q&A – Human values within AI, ethics and regulations

Moderated by Dr Paloma Krõõt Tupay, Lecturer of Constitutional Law at University of Tartu, chairperson of the board of the Estonian Human Rights Centre (Estonia)

  • Elvīra Krēķe, CEO (Legally), Business Development Manager for Nordics and Central Europe (DeepOpinion.ai), Ambassador for Latvia (European Legal Tech Association), Co-founder (LegalHackers Riga) (Latvia)
  • Florian Marcus, Project Manager (Proud Engineers), former Digital Transformation Adviser (e-Estonia) (Germany)
  • Dr Orsolya Reich, Senior Advocacy Officer, Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Germany)
  • Merili Koppel, Lawyer, Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate (Estonia)
  • Sara Polak, Founder and Researcher, CCHAOS Research Group (Czech Republic)

14.40 pm – 14.50 pm Coffee Break

14.50 pm – 16.20 pm Panel discussion with Q&A – AI and security

Moderated by Dr Anna Maria Osula, Digital and Cyber Diplomacy at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, previously Global Digital Governance Fellow at Stanford (Estonia)

  • Dr Tayfun Kasapoglu, postdoctoral researcher, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance at Tallinn University of Technology (Turkey)
  • Lauri Almann, Co-Founder and Chairman, Supervisory Board of CybExer Technologies (Estonia)
  • Piret Pernik, Researcher, Strategy Branch of the CCDCOE (Estonia)
  • Dr David Reichel, Project Manager, Data and Digital Sector at the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (Austria)

16.20 pm – 16.30 pm Closing remarks

  • Mari-Liis Vähi, Digital Rights and Data Protection Specialist, Estonian Human Rights Centre (Estonia)